Vernissage: Christine Kassing: »Wo die Boote schlafen gehn«

In the organizer's words:

"WHERE THE BOATS GO TO SLEEP"

Vernissage: 14.03., 7 pm
with an introduction by art historian Miriam Elebe.

In her exhibition, Cologne-based artist Christine Kassing is showing works that she has created over the last two years.
She uses various techniques: she works in layers with acrylic paint, spray cans, oil paints and oil sticks.

Her motifs are mostly based on real places from the urban landscape, such as house facades, wall corners, stairs or passageways. In her paintings, these are sometimes permeable: they seem to dissolve and are overgrown by plants. Cracks, fragments, lines and surfaces overlap. Layers slide over each other and faces or people are found loose in the space, wandering through it and leaving traces. This shows her exploration of the theme of drawing, which she has increasingly integrated into her painting over the past two years.

In her process-oriented approach, she works freely on the basis of a pictorial idea, taking uninhibited risks in order to develop new things, create contrasts, recombine things, create breaks and explore areas of tension. Some motif elements are repeated, which vary in different ways and can be found in several works. This creates pictorial worlds that go beyond the individual work.

Her works deal with transience, the fleetingness of the moment, the echo of the past, the perception of reality and the capture of moods. The interplay between the inner and outer world forms the thematic focus and the central theme of her works.

Christine Kassing
Born in Cologne in 1979, studied at the Kunstakademie Münster under Prof. Ulrich Erben and Prof. Suchan Kinoshita and graduated as a master student in 2009.

Her work has been shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions and fairs, including

• Peschkenhaus Moers
• Old Latin School Viersen
• Logoi Aachen
• Producers Gallery Platengarten
• Kunst Mitte Magdeburg
• INCorporating Art Fair Hamburg
• Art Karlsruhe

She lives and works in Cologne and is represented by Galerie Luzia Sassen.

Miriam Elebe grew up in the Middle and Far East as well as in Belgium and currently lives and works in Eupen. She completed her studies in art history, architectural history and history at RWTH Aachen University in 2009. After several years as a freelance art historian, she worked at the IKOB Museum and as a curator at the cultural center Alter Schlachthof (B). She is currently employed at the Pater Damian School in Eupen.

www.christinekassing.de
Instagram: @christinekassing
Exhibition duration: 14.03. - 04.05.2025